Happy Easter

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing you all a happy Easter / Passover / Ramadan or just a happy weekend. I am sharing some of my  Easter paintings and spring photos, enjoy!

I am taking a little break over the weekend, I need to rest! My next blog will be on Monday.

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

TGIF

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday, the weekend is nearly here!

I lost a tooth yesterday, it fell out in the middle of the night, and I woke up when I felt something in my mouth! I went to the dentist today, and he said that I have to go to an oral surgeon - because of the blood thinners I have to take - to have the roots dug out. Anyway, as it's Easter I have a reprieve, but next week I will have to make an appointment and get it done, sigh! 

For Elizabeth's recycle challenge at AJJ I have an A4 journal spread made with scraps of paper, lace, washi tape, book paper and 2 old photos, which have been put together to make a rather grungy collage.  And  I wanted to add some sewing, but my machine is still broken. The 2 girls were sisters of my husband's grandmother, and the 2 children on the right side are Erika and her brother. I am also linking to Nicole's FFO and Gillena's Friday art fun:

And some thinkies / funnies:

Sunrise this morning:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by! 

Wednesday-Thursday post

 Hi Everybody!

It's the middle of the week already - where did the time go?
Today I have 2 pieces to share. The first is a tag for Wendy's challenge at
Tag Tuesday.  Her theme is nice and easy - spring colours / yellow and green, so hope to see lots of you joining in!

I was given this tote when Heike was having a clear out. It's made from something like tyvek, and about A3 in size, so just right to repurpose for Elizabeth's
challenge at AJJ:

I painted a face on it, and gave the girl a flower in her hair:

And some funnies / thinkies:

The view from my window at 6:30 a.m.

We're still having cold and frosty nights, but lots of sun:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Tuesday Post - a recycled envelope

Hi Everybody! 

Today I have another entry for Elizabeth's recycle, repurpose and re-use challenge at AJJ.  In the past I often used to tear pages out of my journals because I didn't like them or I didn't think they were right or good enough etc. I don't do this these days, I leave everything in! Today I want to show how I repurposed this to make something useful....

This was a quick sketch back when made with diluted acryl paint, book paper and soft pastels:

I took one of the ubiquitous envelopes from Amazon:

I cut a bit away from my page:

Added part of a letter and some gesso:

Brought it all together and added some more colour using soft pastels again. As you can see, I still have a lot of things to recycle:

The quote is 'Creativity takes Courage' from Henri Matisse:

This was quick and fun, and I now have a large envelope to hold A4 papers or scraps or whatever:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!